Actuality of Being: Dzogchen and Tantric Perspectives

236 Pages·2020·2.79 MB·English

by  Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, David Bennett

Books by Traleg Kyabgon
Vajrayana: An Essential Guide to Practice, Shogam Publications, 2020
Desire: Why It Matters, Shogam Publications, 2019
Integral Buddhism: Developing All Aspects of One’s Personhood, Shogam
Publications, 2018
King Doha: Saraha’s Advice to a King, Shogam Publications, 2018
Letter to a Friend: Nagarjuna’s Classic Text, Shogam Publications, 2018
Song of Karmapa: e Aspiration of the Mahamudra of True Meaning by
Lord Rangjung Dorje, Shogam Publications, 2018
Moonbeams of Mahamudra: e Classic Meditation Manual, Shogam
Publications, 2015
Karma: What it is, What it isn’t, and Why it matters, Shambhala
Publications, 2015
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, KTD Publications, 2013
Asanga’s Abhidharmasamuccaya, KTD Publications, 2013
Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’s Ocean Of Certainty, KTD Publications,
2011
In�uence of Yogacara on Mahamudra, KTD Publications, 2010
e Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind,
Shambhala Publications, 2007
Mind at Ease: Self-Liberation through Mahamudra Meditation, Shambhala
Publications, 2004
Benevolent Mind: A Manual in Mind Training, Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal
Publications, 2003

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Kyabgon, Traleg, 1955
Actuality of Being: Dzogchen and Tantric Perspectives
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DEDICATION
To the great lineage holders of intrinsic awareness who have
continuously transmitted the teachings, and in particular to Traleg
Kyabgon Rinpoche IX who worked tirelessly to present these
teachings in the west.
Contents
Foreword by Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche
Biography of Author Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Acknowledgements
Editor’s Introduction
Chapter One Religion, Spirituality, and Self-Knowledge
Chapter Two e Nine Yana System
Chapter ree Consciousness and Wisdom in Yogacara and
Dzogchen
Chapter Four Self-Existing Wisdom
Chapter Five Self-Liberation and How Confusion Arises
Chapter Six Ethics and Meditation
Chapter Seven e Four Yogas, Meditation, and Mental
Clarity
Chapter Eight Integration of Bliss, Luminosity, and Reality
Chapter Nine Transcending Self-Image, and the
Authentication of Body, Speech, and Mind
Chapter Ten Imagination and the Five Elements and the
Four Modes of Resting in Meditation
Chapter Eleven Actualization of the Ground
Notes
Glossary
Foreword
e Dzogpa Chenpo teachings are the summit of the nine yanas. A vajra
master of the highest category like Guru Padmasambhava, along with many
others of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages, can transfer or point out the
state of the great perfection in a �ash of their enlightened blessings. is
state is known as rigpa changchup kyi sem. e great Dzogchen master
Rongdzom Chudrak stated, the difference between sentient beings and
enlightened ones is only a thin veil. at veil is drawn between having
recognition of the state of rigpa or not. And in Samantabhadra’s Aspiration it
similarly states, sentient beings and enlightened ones arise from the same
source; upon recognition of the state of rigpa Samantabhadra came to be the
primordial Buddha, while sentient beings, due to their lack of recognition
came to be themselves. In either case, the nature has never gone anywhere.
When the sun goes behind a cloud it does not seem to shine, yet the sun is
ever present in the sky. e teachings of the Dzogpa Chenpo can reveal one’s
own ever present enlightened nature if one has the merit to make a
connection to a Dzogpa Chenpo master and the teachings.
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche is a great master of our time particularly for
the western audience. He has lived much of his life for the bene�t of his
western students and his deeds and compassion are themselves proof of his
great mastery of Dzogpa Chenpo and Mahamudra. is book is a great
inspiration and deeply illuminating for those seriously pursuing this path. In
studying this text may we all appreciate, enjoy, and remember his presence
with us.
Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche